A top Russian doctor is under investigation when seven patients died after they were allegedly given battery fluid before having x-rays. Around two dozen other patients became violently ill while preparing for gastrointestinal x-rays at St Petersburg’s Municipal Diagnostic Center No. 1. They were given what they believed to be barium sulfate, a compound typically used …
Last week, an unknown suspect allegedly hacked into a Florida water treatment plant’s computer system and attempted to poison the water supply. On February 5, the City of Oldsmar alerted Pinellas police to an unauthorized person remotely accessing the water treatment plant’s computer system. The hacker is believed to have initially breached the system at …
A 14-year-old Ohio boy was recently charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to kill his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend by poisoning them. Berea police told WJW that a 64-year-old man contacted them on December 9, saying he suspected his grandson was tampering with his coffee creamer. The man reportedly drank some of the …
A former Alabama nurse was indicted earlier this month in connection with last year’s poisoning death of her husband. According to AL.com, Huntsville police said Marjorie Cappello, 33, stole insulin from the hospital where she worked to poison James Cappello, 37. Police accused her of calling her friend, confessing to killing her husband, and asking …
A North Carolina mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly trying to kill her two young sons by putting lighter fluid in their sodas. WNCN reported that Octavia Robinson, 34, allegedly tried to kill her 6- and 10-year-old sons Sunday at a Motel 6 in Fayetteville. Neighbor Tracy Madison, who said one of Robinson’s children knocked on …
A Fort Wayne, Indiana, woman allegedly tried to kill her 11-week-old niece by giving her breast milk laced with pain medicine. WANE reports that Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda, 19, was charged Monday with attempted murder, though she is not yet in police custody. Rodriguez-Miranda was reportedly angry that her brother, his girlfriend, and their infant child were staying at …
